From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Nov 13 14:54:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA29839 for stable-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:54:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA29830 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 14:54:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id RAA25507; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:55:46 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971113175545.11351@vmunix.com> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:55:45 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Steve Eck Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5 install freezing References: <3.0.32.19971112230237.0069c458@mail.d.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971112230237.0069c458@mail.d.umn.edu>; from Steve Eck on Wed, Nov 12, 1997 at 11:02:44PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, Nov 12, 1997 at 11:02:44PM -0600, Steve Eck wrote: > I am installing 2.2.5 Release on a new computer and it doesn't seem to > want to work. When I boot with boot.flp it boots fine. I go through the > kernel config and remove all the conflicting devices. Then it goes > through the normal probing messages, and finally prints "/stand/sysinstall > running on vty0" and then clears the screen and puts a cursor in the lower > left corner. (I scrolled back to see the /stand/sysinstall message) If I > switch to vty1, there are several debug messages printed. They say: > > DEBUG: ioctl(3,TIOCCONS,null) = 0 (success) > DEBUG: found a disk device named wd0 > DEBUG: found a DOS partition wd0s1 on drive wd0 > DEBUG: found a DOS partition wd0s2 on drive wd0 > DEBUG: found a disk device named wd1 > DEBUG: try for cd0a returns errno2 > DEBUG: try for mcd0a returns errno2 > DEBUG: try for scd0a returns errno2 > DEBUG: try for matcd0a returns errno2 > > I don't have any of the cd devices enabled because i just have a ide > cdrom, and the install files are on a DOS partition. > The computer is a P2-300, with 64 megs of ram. I've installed FreeBSD > several times before on my old computer and never had a problem, so this > one mystifies me. Thanks in advance Have you tried waiting a few minutes? :-) Seriously, on my PPro 150 (a REALLY old one, well, as old as a PPro can be..) for some reason it exhibits the same behaviour as you are seeing - the cursor is in the bottom left corner after the probing, but if I leave it for about 1.5 minutes, the blue install screen comes up just fine! Spooky, but it's always worked. :-) I also had a P2 266 that would lock EVERY time during the install when it got to the extracting /info part.. I was installing off the Net, so I grabbed a later snapshot and it worked fine. (the 2.2.5 release would lock). -Mark > > Steve Eck -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU